Les,
I think I was born to be a servant myself. Though regards wigs, it's fake hair. The Hair Club for Men can direct you to jokes that involve Rogaine and an electrical outlet. Jolly old English colonies were a time for upper-class vanity. (I've got one in my bathroom)
But think how warm and toasty those wigs were in an era without forced-air central heating or indoor plumbing.
“What about summers? Must have been ghastly in those wigs.”
“They didn’t have summer in the 17th Century. Little Ice Age.”